This is very interesting. The slow pace fits me Korean very well. I've been listening as I've been doing some house chores. This helps me to do the boring chores. Thanks for the conversation and the posting.
Whatever gets us through chores is always welcome haha And I'm so thankful to know that Korean people sometimes listen to the conversations. 제 팟캐스트를 듣고 댓글을 남겨 주셔서 정말 감사합니다 🙏
Thanks Nigel - I loved the conversation too. I've spent many nights with Hank but even I was learning and hearing new stuff here. Fabulous! Any suggestions for topics or guests for the future?
@@DavidTizzard Yes he's a walking encyclopedia! I will try to think of new topics and guests, but in the mean time the David A Mason one was great as well.
Fascinating. I recently spoke to some young Korean lads about their military service, one of whom detailed his experiences as a sniper at the DMZ. I can't imagine what it must've been like in 69-70! If you ever find yourself in Seoul, would love to sit down and talk to you about it and learn more.
@@DavidTizzard Sorry, but I am in a wheelchair (100% VA disabled due to Agent Orange) so I doubt I will ever be in Seoul. But I share pictures with Korea DMZ Veterans on Facebook. There are several Veteran groups that spent time in Korea and they share hundreds of pictures on Facebook. We have not forgotten Korea!
Hank walks and talks a bit slower than he used to but his mind and memory is still there. Put the video speed higher and you'll get through it more quickly 🤣🤣
This is a pretty good episode especially the mention of industrial planning. There could have been a bit more information about geopolitics. David have you heard of the Moscow historian Andrei Fursov (his work is overlooked)?
Thank you for listening to Hank. You're correct it could've done a bit more geopolitics but my mind was at ground level reality here. Perhaps an episode devoted to geopolitics sometime in the future. I've not heard of Fursov. Where should I start looking?
@@DavidTizzard A few of his works have been translated into english e-books. You can also find translated lectures of his on youtube. He has ties to Immanuel Wallerstein & his world systems theory.
@@systemicanalysis5249 Thanks for this. I'll check him out. I'm quite familiar with Wallerstein so am interested to hear how it plays out in Fursov's thinking.
In this decade, there were very few Americans in Korea with ungrounded status. Most were sponsored by the U.S. government: embassy, Peace Corps, contractor, military, departmental agency, or some other comparable posting. Other than the rare businessman, the majority of non-government affiliated Western civilians belonged to the large coterie of missionaries. Westerners I met in 1971 in Korea were compelled to do so by circumstance of duty, employment, business, or family. There was a common, dislocated sense of “anywhere but here.” But I was here as an exchange student living in Korea autonomous and alone. This was deemed outré-a source of alarm to foreign worrywarts. They didn’t understand how I lived here without a sponsor. Further, many couldn’t fathom why I was living here as a conscious choice. Most Americans abandoned the country as quickly as they could. Traveling through most of Seoul without laying eyes on a non-Asian, I could count on one hand the number of Koreans who didn’t pull their necks out of joint goggle-eying me.
Discussion Outline 0:00 1970s Korea 1:07:02 Park Chung-hee 1:22:58 How did Korea get rich? 1:35:45 하면 돼 1:46:45 The Chaebol 2:00:05 Inside Korean business 2:07:33 49 years of marriage
